Writer’s Corner – 2020 – Post #1
How do head knowledge, gut knowledge, and fingertip knowledge apply to writers?
My two cents, but please share yours:
- Head knowledge:
– acquired instantly, or within a few days, through observation, the five senses, classes, how-to videos, blogs, etc.
– particularly useful to writers doing research - Gut knowledge:
– head knowledge processed (about six months) for how it relates to other knowledge we possess and for why it may or may not be important
– helpful to writers creating introductory, light, or summary pieces - Fingertip knowledge:
– gut knowledge internalized (roughly twenty years) until it instinctively shoots our fingertips and onto the page
– typically acquired through apprenticeships and/or practice, practice, practice
– necessary for writers to develop into master storytellers
What are your thoughts on this topic?
I think what you say is absolutely right. The way we assimilate and digest knowledge and wrap it in wisdom is time-consuming; and it’s not until we make a field (such as writing) part of our essential selves that expertise really flows.True of any field, I guess; but I can speak only for writing!
By: Matthew Wright on January 23, 2020
at 9:26 pm
So true about expertise flowing, Matthew! Cheers, Ashley
By: A. C. Cockerill on January 23, 2020
at 9:53 pm